Patents by Inventor Richard Knierim

Richard Knierim has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Multi-purpose configuration model
    Publication number: 20030130749
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, for a multi-purpose configuration model. A computer program product, tangibly stored on a machine-readable medium, for defining a configuration model for a product, includes instructions operable to cause a programmable processor to receive input. The product includes instructions to define, based on the input, a base component of the configuration model, the base component including information that describes the product. The product includes instructions to define, based on the input, a first component of the configuration model, the first component including information that describes the product and that is associated with a first business process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Albert Haag, Wolfgang Kalthoff, Andreas Kraemer, Gerd Moser, Richard Knierim